Tubular receptacle.



E. E. NOLAN.

TUBULAR REGEPTAGLE.

APPLICATION FILED 1330.26. 1913.

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

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TUBULAR RECEPTACLE.

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' Patented Mar. 2, acts.

' Application filed December 26, 1913. Serial No 808,855.

- To all whom it may concern and Fig. 0

Be it known that 1', EDWARD E. hours, a citizen ofthe limited States residing at fhicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tubular Receptaclcs, of which the following is a specifics. tion.

This invention relates to paper receptacles designed, more particularly, for shipping eggs, and its object is. to provide a receptacle having novel and improved means for holding the eggs. so that they may be shipped in the receptacle Without danger oi. breakage.

T he im'ention provides a simple and cheap egg-carrie adapted for the shipment of eggs by parcel post, and it consists in a c nubinutiou andarrangement of parts to he hereinafter described and claimed.

in order that the invention may be betterv unden-stood, reference is bad to the acconr panying drawing. in. u'hich- Figure. 1 is a central longitudinalsection of the device. partly inclcvation, Fig. is a. cross-section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1,

is an inside end view of one of the closures for the tube;

Referring specifically to the drawing, IO

which are spaced a short distance from each other. Each partition has a. central aperture 1 3 from which extend radial slits 1% dividing the partitions into a scrics ot llexiblc tongues. The iartitions are made'of pastc-lmard or similar cheap material, and they are fastened at their outer ends to a. ring 15. Adiacent to the ring: the partitions are hent'hacli in :1 curve and pasted or otherivise secured to the outer surface of the ring. \YlllCll latter I may also be made of pasteboard or other suitable icheap material. The

partitions may be fastened in the drums 11 by being pasted thereto.

In use, he eggs are placed in the tube 11,

end to endg in spaced relation, in which po- SltlOn lllQy are held by the partitions 12.

After the first egg is placed in the tube, a

drum 11 is inserted and advanced in the tube until. it slips over the egg and one of its partitions engages one end of the eg Another egg then inserted to'coxne end \vise against the other partition of the aforementioned drum, and another drum is inserted, and then another egg, and so on until the tube is filled. Ordinarily, the tube will bemade long enough to hold six eggs, but

the length of the tube may bevaried as dc -sired.

it will be noted from the foregoing that a pair of the partitions 1:2 is located be tween the opposite ends of adjacent eggs, and the eggs aretherefore held spaced from each other in endwise relation. The tongues formcd'by the slits '14 are resilient which allows a slight endwise movement of the cggs, but the spacing of the respective members of thepairs of partitions issuch that the endwise movement .is nht enough to bring the eggs in contact with each other. As the drums 11 are separate they readily adjust themselves to the dimensions of the eggs along their major axis. I

llach end oi -the tube is provided with a. closure in the shape of a cap 16 carrying an internal ring 17' which is beveled on the outside to fit snugly Within the tube, whereby the circulation of air inside the tubeis g'n'ei'entcd and an air cushionis produced. The ring also carries a drum 18 having a partition 19 similar to the partitions 12 hcreinhefore described. The drum is spaced from the side wall of the cap so that the latter may beslipped over the end of the tube. The partitions-19 engage the. end

of the series, and the drums 18 en-' gage the end ones of the drums 11. whereby the series of said drums :yre held against sliding back and forth inthc. tube. The insidc'of'the tube and the caps may be para'llinegl to render the same moisture-proof. On the inside of the side Wall of the caps are diametrically opposite lugs 20 which aroadapted to be positioned behind lugs 21 on the tube by sli 'iping the caps on the tube and than giving the same a slight turn. The contiguous edges of the lugs are inclined to produce a Wedging action and securely hold the caps in place.

The structure herein described proyidcs a simple and rheap egg carrier. and 110 which permits the eggs to be shipped iv 11- out danger of being broken intranslt, in

Y ViEW of which the receptacle is admirably Too inogeher by being packed in a) box; or case 1 claim:

1. The combination with e tabular reccpmcie, of a seri s of transverse partitions herein said partitions being mifamged in irs, members of which are spaced on; and a, state supporsfoi' each pair said partition supporcs being" of perti'ioiis, removably mou'n sed io enci' relation. 7

The combination. with a-'tubuiar recepmole, of a series of transverse partitions therein, said partitions being arranged in pairs, the members of which 'are spaced epaifo e seperaie suppose for each pziir of pai'titions saiflpartition supports being reinova-biy mounted in; iwhe receptecle in endiJO-fiiid relation, and end closures for the receptacle, said closures having means for hoiding the partiiion supports in midribeno in the recaps-sole in end 3; The combination with a iau'buiar r e-cop 1 tion, a pair of transverse partitions in each drum intermediate the ends thereof, the

members of said pair being spacai op and end closures for the receptacle, said closures having means for holding the drums in enci-i1oend Contact.

The combination with a tubular receptecle, of a series of drums removabiy mouni1- ed therein end to end, transverse partitions in the drums intermediate the ends thereof, and caps closing the emis of the receptacle, said caps carrying drums engageabie with ihe end drums of the aforesaid series of drums, and said drums of the caps also hawing transverse partitions,

In testimony whereof I affix my signw ture in presence of two Witnesses EDWARD E. NOLAN Witnesses:

FRED G. NOLAN; EDWIN A. RICKSON 

